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The Doorway

Boston Public Library
Accession no: W.290
State: 13/20

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 5293). Arthur H. Hahlo, New York, 13 February 1919 ('BEFE'); 'July 1919 BHEJ'; acquired by Alfred H. Wiggin (1868-1951); given to Boston Public Library, MA., July 1919.  

 

Paper size:300 x 201 mm  
Plate mark size:294 x 201 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid, 'antique'  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:none visible  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:rich tone in water, wiped both vertically and horizontally; lighter tone in rest of plate; right edge of doorway brighter  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1886; 49-64mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 5293'; and an earlier number erased  
Misc inscriptions by others:'The Doorway'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1880617  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.